Photo credit: the New York Times Canada’s employment minister has resigned from the cabinet after weeks of scrutiny over his business dealings and his shoplifting claims of Indigenous ancestry. The Guardian reports that moments before the question period on Wednesday, Justin Trudeau’s office said Randy Boissonnault would “step away from cabinet effective immediately” and will “focus…
Photo credit: reddit Authorities in Korea have announced that they will ease medical examination requirements for foreign labourers who want to work in food factories and eateries so that they can join the workforce immediately. Korea JoongAng Daily reports that the Office for Government Policy Coordination has said that foreign workers with food hygiene jobs can…
Photo credit: Yahoo Hundreds of migrants left Mexico City on foot Wednesday. MacauBusiness.com reports that their aim is to reach the US border before President-elect Donald Trump takes office in January. The group of about 1,500 people set out from the city in the early morning hours for a walk of some 2,600 kilometres. One…
My very last post was on the death of the late Adegoke, the OAU postgraduate student who died at the Hilton Hotel and Resort in Ile Ife. Among other things, I commiserated with the family and friends of the deceased. I then advised that the accused should not be given a media trial. In many…
Photo credit: Wikipedia The closure of the Afrikan Shrine by the Lagos police shows the Nigerian authorities do not cherish peace, nor do they have any iota of respect for the Nigerian constitution. The shrine was the home base of the iconoclast musician, the late Fela Kuti. Incidentally, the Kuti family has become noted for…
Photo credit: the Punch Thank God some of my elementary school mates, juniors and seniors are on Facebook. I attended Methodist Primary School, 13 Subuola Street, Surulere, in Lagos State. We knew the security personnel there as ‘Baba elegba’. Roughly interpreted into English, it means the man who usually held a cane! Unfortunately, the translation…
He was conferred with a merit award last weekend. I say it’s a well deserved honour. Chief Akin Popoola is the recipient of a couple of chieftaincy titles from two communities. He is the Osi Mayegun of Osiele, Abeokuta as well as the Otun of Otan Ayegbaju. Because of the two titles I normally refer…
